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Back to homepageFinland: New Ambassadors to Bern, Hanoi, Nairobi and Tehran
NordenBladet — At the presidential session on Friday 12 February, the President of the Republic appointed new Ambassadors to Bern, Hanoi, Nairobi and Tehran. The President of the Republic appointed Counsellor for Foreign Affairs Valtteri Hirvonen to serve as Head
Read MoreFinland: Extension of compulsory education – information available for young people in social media and in Education Minister’s Q&As
NordenBladet — The minimum school leaving age will be raised to 18 years. This first applies to those school-leavers who finish comprehensive school this spring. The Ministry of Education and Culture provides information on the reform to young people in
Read MoreFinland: Sector report: Tourism grew steadily before the coronavirus pandemic – Finland continues to have several competitive advantages
NordenBladet — The turnover and staff numbers of companies in the tourism sector have increased during 2015–2019. After four consecutive years of growth, the coronavirus pandemic brought tourism to a halt in spring 2020. According to estimates, the recovery of
Read MoreFinland: Finland and Sweden to reinforce their civil preparedness through closer cooperation
NordenBladet — Finland and Sweden will strengthen their cooperation and exchange of information in the field of civil preparedness and rescue services. On 10 February, Minister of the Interior Maria Ohisalo and Swedish Minister for Home Affairs Mikael Damberg signed
Read MoreFinland: VTT limits its application to decommission research reactor – Fuel returned to the US
NordenBladet — On 10 February 2021, the VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland (VTT) submitted a letter to the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment limiting its application of 2017 to decommission the FiR 1 research reactor in Otaniemi. The
Read MoreFinland: Ministers Lintilä and Sutt discussed Finnish-Estonian cooperation
NordenBladet — Minister of Economic Affairs Mika Lintilä held a meeting with Estonia’s new Minister of Entrepreneurship and Information Technology Andres Sutt on 9 February 2021. During the video conference, the ministers discussed the Finnish-Estonian cooperation and current EU issues.
Read MoreFinland: Just transition must be considered more systematically in sectoral low-carbon plans
NordenBladet — The Climate Policy Roundtable met on 8 February to discuss low-carbon roadmaps for individual sectors. The meeting highlighted that there is a need to take a more comprehensive account of just transition and to update and coordinate the
Read MoreFinland: UN Committee on the Rights of the Child underlines the primacy of the child’s best interests in a Finnish asylum case
NordenBladet — On 4 February 2021, the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child adopted its Views on the primacy of the best interests of the child in a matter concerning asylum. The Committee found that there had been
Read MoreFinland: Finland should follow the example of Sweden’s Samhall: Intermediate labour market to help employ people with partial work ability
NordenBladet — At the request of Minister of Employment Tuula Haatainen, Director General of Finnish Customs Hannu Mäkinen has formulated a proposal to improve the opportunities of people with partial work ability to find employment. Mäkinen proposes that Finland should
Read MoreFinland: Finland’s Arctic policy strategy sent for consultation
NordenBladet — The Prime Minister’s Office sent a draft of Finland’s Arctic policy strategy for a broad round of consultations on 8 February 2021. The consultation period will continue until 12 March 2021, and the finalised strategy will be published
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